With a switch to a south-westerly airflow after prolonged south-easterlies and warmer temperatures (15 degrees C), there were high hopes that the day would produce and so it proved. An Alpine Swift flew south-east at RSPB Bempton Cliffs at 1127hrs, although there were no additional sightings. The Black-browed Albatross also returned to its favoured cliffs at Staple Newk; other notable records from the Bempton area included a Ring Ouzel and a Yellow Wagtail. Two Ring Ouzels were at nearby Buckton, along with a Lesser Whitethroat and a White Wagtail.
A Hooded Crow graced the outer head along with three Whimbrel, a Short-eared Owl, two Grasshopper Warblers, 13 Willow Warblers, 29 Chiffchaff, 17 Blackcap, six Common Whitethroats, two Ring Ouzels, three Fieldfares, ten Wheatears, a Whinchat, two Common Redstarts, a Black Redstart, two White Wagtails, three Yellow Wagtails and a Corn Bunting.
